noun, plural a·nal·y·ses [uhnaluh-seez] /əˈnæl əˌsiz/.

  4. a philosophical method of exhibiting complex concepts or propositions as compounds or functions of more basic ones.
  5. Mathematics.
    1. an investigation based on the properties of numbers.
    5. a method of proving a proposition by assuming the result and working backward to something that is known to be true.Compare synthesis(def 4).
  6. Chemistry.
    2. the ascertainment of the kind or amount of one or more of the constituents of materials, whether obtained in separate form or not.Compare qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis.
  7. psychoanalysis.
  8. Computers. systems analysis.

noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)

  1. the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or valueCompare synthesis (def. 1)
  2. a statement of the results of this
  3. short for psychoanalysis
  4. chem
    2. the result obtained by such a determination
  5. linguistics the use of word order together with word function to express syntactic relations in a language, as opposed to the use of inflectionsCompare synthesis (def. 4)
  6. maths the branch of mathematics principally concerned with the properties of functions, largely arising out of calculus
  7. philosophy (in the writings of Kant) the separation of a concept from another that contains itCompare synthesis (def. 6a)
  8. in the last analysis, in the final analysis or in the ultimate analysis after everything has been given due consideration

1580s, “resolution of anything complex into simple elements” (opposite of synthesis), from Medieval Latin analysis (15c.), from Greek analysis “a breaking up, a loosening, releasing,” noun of action from analyein “unloose, release, set free; to loose a ship from its moorings,” in Aristotle, “to analyze,” from ana “up, throughout” (see ana-) + lysis “a loosening,” from lyein “to unfasten” (see lose). Psychological sense is from 1890. Phrase in the final (or last) analysis (1844), translates French en dernière analyse.

n. pl. a•nal•y•ses (-sēz′)

  3. The stated findings of such a separation or determination.
  4. Psychoanalysis.

  1. The separation of a substance into its constituent elements, usually by chemical means, for the study and identification of each component.Qualitative analysis determines what substances are present in a compound.Quantitative analysis determines how much of each substance is present in a compound.

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